Social Interconnectedness of Urban and Rural Residence Groups using the Example of the City of Halle

Informal social relationships and social support services of inhabitants in communities with varying degrees of urbanisation.

Topics: Description of the residential area (rural, urban); number of residential parties in the house; description of the residential buildings in the neighborhood; commercial use in the immediate neighbourhood; duration of residence in years (apartment and place); city size during the socialisation phase; importance of different ideals: traditionalism; political commitment, social commitment, respect for law and order; self-assessment of interaction with others (scales); social network for personal affairs, sociability, and practical help; illness and death of a confidant, and thereby perceived impairment; relationship problems; financial problems; Immobility; household members; social network for leisure time, at the last birthday and at hobby discussions; social network for mutual support: lending and borrowing, household help, watching over another apartment, work problems, advice, discussion of personal matters; other important persons and indication of age, sex, marital status, school leaving examination, gainful employment and degree of relationship to the respondent; acquaintance to the important person and duration of acquaintance (member of the same organisation, colleague, neighbour, acquaintance, friend); relationship between the respondent and important reference person: mutual use for personal matters, distance of apartments from each other, frequency of telephone, written and personal contact, trust, commitment, assessment of the frequency of joint activities in the future; closeness of social network.

Demography: sex; age (year of birth); school leaving certificate; employment; occupational status; net household income; marital status; stable partnership; Size of household; children no longer living in the household; parents of respondent and partner still alive; memberships in organisations, trade unions, professional association, political party, associations and religious community.

Additionally encoded: acoustic and spiritual understanding; linguistic abilities; willingness to cooperate before and during of the network query; impression of exaggeration or understatement at the number of names cited; assessment of communicativeness.